Maine Absentee Voting, Amendment No. 1 (1921)

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The Maine Absentee Voting Referendum, also known as Amendment No. 1, was on the September 12, 1921 ballot in Maine as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure allowed absentee voting. This amended Section 5 of Article IV, Part First of the Maine Constitution.

Election results

Maine Amendment No. 1 (1921)
Result		Votes	Prozentualer Anteil
a Yes		14,410	55.25%
No		11,670	44.75%

Election results via: Main State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-

Text of measure

See also: Maine Constitution, Article IV, Part First, Section 5

The full text of the ballot language can be read here.

Constitutional changes

The full text of the constitutional changes can be read here.

See also

Suggest a link

• Maine 1921 ballot measures
• 1921 ballot measures
• List of Maine ballot measures
• History of Initiative & Referendum in Maine

External links

• The Lewiston Daily Sun, "SPECIMEN BALLOT," Wednesday Morning, August 24, 1921
• Main State Law and Legislative Reference Library, Proposed Constitutional Amendments 1820-
• National Conference of State Legislatures, State Ballot Measures Database

Footnotes

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